Abstract

The velocities of two bodies before and after an elastic collision can be related by a matrix transformation in one and two dimensions. We demonstrate a very simple relation between the one-and two-dimensional collision matrices.

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Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2742395

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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in American Journal of Physics and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2742395.

Publication Date

8-1-2007

Journal Title

American Journal of Physics

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